Famous Quotes
The most important thing about having goals is having one.
-------Geoffrey F. Abert
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely.
---------- Lord Acton
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
-- Douglas Adams
Love doesn't make the world go round. Love just makes the ride worthwhile.
--Franklin P. Adams
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
-- Henry Adams
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
-- John Quincy Adams
I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only de-motivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.
-- Scott Adams
Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.
Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.
-- John Akers
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
n – Herm Albright
If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.
If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.
n -- M.H. Alderson
I have just returned fromBoston
I have just returned from
-- Fred Allen
Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.
Is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right.
Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman.
The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.
Is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right.
Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman.
The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
-- Woody Allen
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
-- Henri-Frederic Amiel
If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
n -- Mario Andretti
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
n -- Marcel Archard
Anyone can become angry--that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way; this is not easy.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
Anyone can become angry--that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way; this is not easy.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
-- Aristotle
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
-- Dick Armey
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
-- Neil Armstrong
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
n -- Marykay Ash
Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
-- Isaac Asimov
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
-- Marcus Aurelius
It is impossible to love and to be wise. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
It is impossible to love and to be wise. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
-- Francis Bacon
It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
I'll come up and make love to you atfive o'clock . If I'm late, start without me.
It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
I'll come up and make love to you at
n --Tallulah Bankhead
Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well as now.
Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well as now.
-- P.T. Barnum
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
-- James M. Barrie
Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.
Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.
-- Dave Barry
Get everything you need, and then give it up for what you want. Then you can say you have had a fulfilling life.
Get everything you need, and then give it up for what you want. Then you can say you have had a fulfilling life.
--Candace Bastanchury
Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.
-- John Beecher
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.
-- John Beecher
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
-- Alexander Graham Bell
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.
-- Betty Bender
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.
-- Robert F. Bennett
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
-- Warren G. Bennis
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
-- Henri Bergson
Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it.
-- Irving Berlin
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
-- Hector Berlioz
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
If you come to a fork in the road, take it
We have deep depth.
Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it.
-- Irving Berlin
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
-- Hector Berlioz
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
If you come to a fork in the road, take it
We have deep depth.
--Yogi Berra
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
-- Josh Billings
On the edge of destiny, you must test your strength.
On the edge of destiny, you must test your strength.
-- Billy Bishop
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
-- Otto von Bismarck
There has been in recent years excessive emphasis on a citizen's rights and inadequate stress put upon his duties and responsibilities.
There has been in recent years excessive emphasis on a citizen's rights and inadequate stress put upon his duties and responsibilities.
-- Paxton Blair
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
n -- Kenneth Blanchard
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.
-- Block's Murphy's Law
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
There are two kinds of truths: small truth and great truth. You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another great truth.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
There are two kinds of truths: small truth and great truth. You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another great truth.
n -- Niels Bohr
If it's free, don't buy it.
One day, each of us will have his own area code.
If it's free, don't buy it.
One day, each of us will have his own area code.
-- Alan Boinus
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
-- Derek Bok
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
-- Edward de Bono
Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political
Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political
character must soon follow.
-- Elias Boudinot
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
-- Ray Bradbury
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
-- General Omar Bradley
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.
Please don't ask me what the score is, I'm not even sure what the game is.
I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.
Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove.
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
-- Phillips Brooks
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.
-- Dr. Joyce Brothers
Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.
-- Dorothea Broude
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
-- Henry Brougham
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
-- Charles Brower
The next time you face a customer who has every right to be upset, say something like this: 'I don't blame you for feeling as you do. If I were you, I'd feel exactly the same way. What would you like for me to do?' These are magical, healing words, and you'll be surprised at how reasonable people become when they believe you are on their side.
If you are angry, why not try this. Write a letter. Pour out all of your feelings, describe your anger and disappointment. Don't hold anything back. Then put the letter in a drawer. After two days, take it out and read it. Do you still want to send it? I've found that anger and pie crusts soften after two days.
When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.
When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
You either make dust or eat dust.
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.
Please don't ask me what the score is, I'm not even sure what the game is.
I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.
Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove.
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
-- Phillips Brooks
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.
-- Dr. Joyce Brothers
Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.
-- Dorothea Broude
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
-- Henry Brougham
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
-- Charles Brower
The next time you face a customer who has every right to be upset, say something like this: 'I don't blame you for feeling as you do. If I were you, I'd feel exactly the same way. What would you like for me to do?' These are magical, healing words, and you'll be surprised at how reasonable people become when they believe you are on their side.
If you are angry, why not try this. Write a letter. Pour out all of your feelings, describe your anger and disappointment. Don't hold anything back. Then put the letter in a drawer. After two days, take it out and read it. Do you still want to send it? I've found that anger and pie crusts soften after two days.
When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.
When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
You either make dust or eat dust.
-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
-- Les Brown
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
-- A. Whitney Brown
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
-- A. Whitney Brown
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
-- William Jennings Bryant
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
-- Paul Bear Bryant
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
-- Paul Bear Bryant
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